Divergent High School

o n e : meet me behind the gym

   TRIS POV:

I'm nervous. It's the first day of school, and I'm a junior, but I'm still nervous. I'm worried I'll make some stupid mistake and make a fool of myself, and it's the first day.

   My parents moved me from California to Chicago a couple years ago, so that's where I live now. They stayed in California with their jobs, but made me move schools, so I've been living with my brother, Caleb. He's near the same age as me, so we're the same year.

   I grab my keys and my book bag and rush out the door. "I'm leaving, Caleb!" I call to him as I shut the door. My phone reads 7:39, and schools starts at 8, so I've got a bit of time.

   I drive about 5 minutes to the school, and park my car, with heads turning my way. As I walk up to the door, I hear murmurs all around me. "Look, it's her." one voice whispers. "She's beautiful." another hisses, and I try not to blush, even though plenty of heat spreads through my cheeks.

   I try my best to ignore the whispers, and luckily, just in time, as I look up, I meet a beaming face waiting at the door.

   "Tris!" she yells. "Christina!" I squeal, and we meet, then hug. "Oh my God! I missed you!" she gushes. "You too. How was your summer?" I ask, and we walk through the door. "Great! Guess who finally asked me out...?" she says, and I stop at our lockers, which are side by side. "He...he did! Oh my!! I'm so happy for you!!" I squeal, shaking her shoulders gently.

   "I know, right? Will is the absolute best. We hung out a couple of times this summer. It hasn't got serious yet, though." she says, and we place our things in our lockers. I open my mouth to talk more to her about it, but I am interrupted by a voice down the hall. "Tris!" yells Uriah. He jogs/walks to me, and we high five.

   "Hey Uriah!" I say, and he smiles genuinely. "How was summer?" I add. "Great! Me and Marlene finally got together..." he says, trailing off with a smile. "Wow! Congrats!" I say, shifting my books in my arms.

   "Yeah...she's so much fun! So, how about you? Your summer?" he says. "Good. Didn't do much, but the break was nice." I say, and we all start down the hall. A group of people at the end of the hall notice the movement, and turn to me, and they all make their way towards me. "Tris! Hey!" says Zeke, clapping a hand on my back. Following him is Marlene, Shauna, Lynn, Will, and Al.

   A chorus of heys greet me, and I wave to all of them. "Hey guys!" I say. They all wave as well, and Christina speaks up. "So, where's the big, scary, Four Eaton?" Christina says, while laughing, and looking at me. I elbow her, and everyone laughs, heat flooding through my cheeks.

   "I don't know, probably off doing big, scary, Four Eaton things!" I say, and glare at her. "Oh, come on Tris! You know what I told you that he said!" Christina says, still giggling. I punch her in the arm, and she grimaces in pain, rubbing her shoulder. I laugh triumphantly, and a voice stops me dead in my laughter. "Hey Tris." someone says from behind me, in a low voice. I gulp, a lump suddenly forming in my throat.

   "What're they talking about? Christina, I mean." the deep voice says. I turn, preparing myself for the bright blue eyes that I can instantly match with the voice. Four. Four Eaton is absolutely the hottest guy in our entire high school. Divergent High has quite a few cute guys, but no one stands anywhere close to Four's level of hotness. I've liked him since middle school, and our whole friend group knows about my crush on him, except for Four, of course. I'm surprised that Christina-Chris- has kept it secret this long.

   As I turn, I see the smooth and dark brown hair, and the beautiful bubbly blue eyes, that are filled with amusement. He smiles, his perfectly straight pearly white teeth glistening in the light. I gulp again, trying to swallow the lump in my throat, but I reach no success.